hiatus
- n an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- n a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)
- n a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
hiatus hernia
- n hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm
hiawatha
- n a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)
hiba arborvitae
- n slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental
hibachi
- n a portable brazier that burns charcoal and has a grill for cooking
- v cook over a hibachi grill
hibbertia
- n evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia
hibernation
- n the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
- n cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
- n the act of retiring into inactivity
he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years
hibernia
- n an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
hibiscus cannabinus
- n valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation
hibiscus elatus
- n erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
hibiscus esculentus
- n tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
hibiscus farragei
- n southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus